The most infamous incident involving the yankees and facial hair happened in 1991.
													
																	Don mattingly yankees hair. 
									
	
		
	
																	No not the veteran mattingly for he d been benched by manager stump merrill. 
																	Although steinbrenner was suspended the yankee management ordered don mattingly who was then sporting a longish or mullet like hair style to get a hair cut. 
																	Miami marlins manager don mattingly celebrates with the team in clinching a playoff berth after their win in the 10th inning of a baseball game against the new york yankees at yankee stadium. 
																	Yesterday the yankees asked mattingly to get a haircut and he said the same thing. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	Don mattingly openly defied the yankees management s requests for him to cut his hair. 
																	Which players pushed back and rocked the stache the best. 
																	When mattingly refused he was benched. 
																	The problem wasn t his offense. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	He is commonly cited as the best yankee player to have never played in a world series. 
																	Yankee management ordered don mattingly to get a hair cut who was sporting a mullet like hair style. 
																	Don mattingly s number 23 was retired by the new york yankees in 1997. 
																	Mattingly sported a 305 batting average heading into the day. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	Mattingly finished his career with 2 153 hits 222 home runs 1 007 runs scored 1 099 rbi and a 307 lifetime average. 
																	On august 15 1991 the yankees beat the royals 5 1 with shooting star kevin maas at first base and not the team s normal first baseman don mattingly. 
																	Don mattingly the team s best player asked the yankees to trade him two months ago and they said nothing doing. 
																	The new york yankees allow no facial hair below the upper lip.